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The Pictures Generation

The Pictures Generation

In 1977, curator and critic Douglas Crimp organized a groundbreaking exhibition of rising American artists whose work in photography, film, video and performance cracked wise and appropriated from existing media imagery. The show, mounted at the influential downtown alternative gallery, Artist’s Space, featured Robert Longo, Jack Goldstein, Sherrie Levine, Troy Brauntuch and Philip Smith. It was called, simply, Pictures. Subsequently, many of the most important and challenging artists of the era—including John Baldessari, Dara Birnbaum, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Thomas Lawson, Matt Mullican, Richard Prince, David Salle, Laurie Simmons, Cindy Sherman, Michael Smith and James Welling—were added to the loose-knit group now known as the "Pictures Generation."

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

ALLAN MCCOLLUM

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037641934
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 4/30/2012
Active | In stock


CINDY SHERMAN

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870708121
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 2/29/2012
Active | In stock


CINDY SHERMAN: THE COMPLETE UNTITLED FILM STILLS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870705076
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 10/2/2003
Active | Out of stock


CINDY SHERMAN: UNTITLED HORRORS

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775734875
USD $60.00
| CAD $79

Pub Date: 9/30/2013
Active | Out of stock


DANCE DANCE FILM ESSAYS

Dancing Foxes Press/Galerie Buchholz

ISBN: 9781733688949
USD $34.95
| CAD $48.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 6/24/2025
Forthcoming


DOUGLAS BLAU

Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

ISBN: 9780884541158
USD $30.00
| CAD $40 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 2/1/2009
Active | In stock


ERICKA BECKMAN

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037644218
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5 UK £ 48

Pub Date: 9/27/2016
Active | In stock


ERICKA BECKMAN

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783037642597
USD $49.95
| CAD $67.5 UK £ 25

Pub Date: 8/31/2013
Active | In stock


JAMES CASEBERE: WORKS 1975-2010

Damiani

ISBN: 9788862081863
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Active | Out of stock


LAURIE SIMMONS: THE LOVE DOLL

Baldwin Gallery/Salon 94 Gallery/Tomio Koyama Gallery/Wilkinson Gallery

ISBN: 9780615596891
USD $50.00
| CAD $67.5 UK £ 45

Pub Date: 11/30/2012
Active | In stock


LOUISE LAWLER: THE TREMAINE PICTURES 1984-2007

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905829037
USD $25.00
| CAD $34.5 UK £ 14

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Active | Out of stock


MATT MULLICAN: CONVERSATIONS

DuMont

ISBN: 9783832194161
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2012
Active | In stock


RICHARD PRINCE: JOKES AND CARTOONS

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905701838
USD $35.00
| CAD $47.5 UK £ 21

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Active | In stock


ROBERT LONGO: STAND

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775738149
USD $55.00
| CAD $72.5

Pub Date: 9/30/2014
Active | Out of stock


TROY BRAUNTUCH

JRP|Ringier

ISBN: 9783905770810
USD $80.00
| CAD $107.5 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 7/31/2010
Active | In stock


TRUE STORIES: A SHOW RELATED TO AN ERA – THE EIGHTIES

Holzwarth Publications

ISBN: 9783947127115
USD $70.00
| CAD $100

Pub Date: 10/22/2019
Active | In stock


The Pictures Generation: Key Exhibition Catalogs & Books

Appropriating imagery from existing media, the artists Jack Goldstein, Sherrie Levine, Robert Longo, Louise Lawler, Richard Prince, Barbara Kruger, and Cindy Sherman became known as the Pictures Generation.

FORTHCOMING

Dance Dance Film Essays

By Douglas Crimp. Edited by Karen Kelly, Barbara Schroeder. Introduction by Lynne Cooke.

Pioneering AIDS activist, art critic, educator and curator Douglas Crimp is known for the fluidity and acuity of his writing on an array of passions. His book AIDS: Cultural Analysis/Cultural Activism (1987) deconstructed the art world’s complicated and mostly disheartening responses to the AIDS crisis; On the Museum’s Ruins (1993) explored postmodernist art practices in relation to the politics of institutions; and Before Pictures (2016), a brilliant combination of memoir and criticism, chronicled Crimp’s first decade in 1970s New York.

This new book collects the critic’s incisive pieces on dance (a lifelong interest) and dance on film, which, according to Artforum, . . . .go to book page >>

Dance Dance Film Essays

STATUS: Forthcoming | 6/24/2025

This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com

Dance Dance Film Essays
DANCING FOXES PRESS/GALERIE BUCHHOLZ
ISBN  9781733688949

Clth, 7.25 x 8.5 in. / 224 pgs / 95 color. | 6/24/2025 | Awaiting stock  |   US $34.95


The Pictures Generation Active Backlist Titles

Allan McCollum
Allan McCollum
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783037641934

Hbk, 11 x 10.75 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color / 30 bw. | 4/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $80.00


Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN  9780870708121

Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 264 pgs / 153 color / 102 bw. | 2/29/2012 | In stock  |   US $49.95


Douglas Blau
Douglas Blau
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
ISBN  9780884541158

Pbk, 10 x 8.5 in. / 88 pgs / 50 color. | 2/1/2009 | In stock  |   US $30.00


Ericka Beckman
Ericka Beckman
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783037644218

Hbk, 11 x 10.75 in. / 144 pgs / 120 color. | 9/27/2016 | In stock  |   US $80.00


Ericka Beckman
Ericka Beckman
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783037642597

DVD (PAL), 5.25 x 7.5 in. | 8/31/2013 | In stock  |   US $49.95


Laurie Simmons: The Love Doll
Laurie Simmons: The Love Doll
BALDWIN GALLERY/SALON 94 GALLERY/TOMIO KOYAMA GALLERY/WILKINSON GALLERY
ISBN  9780615596891

Hbk, 9.25 x 12 in. / 120 pgs / 43 color / 1 bw. | 11/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $50.00


Matt Mullican: Conversations
Matt Mullican: Conversations
DUMONT
ISBN  9783832194161

Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 224 pgs / 19 color / 19 bw. | 4/30/2012 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Richard Prince: Jokes and Cartoons
Richard Prince: Jokes and Cartoons
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783905701838

Paperback, 8.5 x 11 in. / 216 pgs / 107 color. | 8/15/2006 | In stock  |   US $35.00


Troy Brauntuch
Troy Brauntuch
JRP|RINGIER
ISBN  9783905770810

Clth, 11 x 11 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 7/31/2010 | In stock  |   US $80.00


True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties
True Stories: A Show Related to an Era – The Eighties
HOLZWARTH PUBLICATIONS
ISBN  9783947127115

Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 240 pgs / 120 color / 60 bw. | 10/22/2019 | In stock  |   US $70.00